Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-02-11
APPLICATION FOR PATENT.

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APPLICATION FOR PATENT.
Where papers have once been nled with the
Register and Receiver they become o part Of
the record, and can neither be withdrawn nor
returned, but must be transmitted to the Gen
eral Land Once.
An application will be rejected when the
scrtption Of the premises 10 erroneous or
SUFFICIENT.
Application for patent will be rejected be-
cause:
First The notice was published without the
knowledge Of the Register.
Second-The notice was not published in a
new paper designated as published nearest the
claim.
Third-Record title was found defective,
and
Fourth--A previous application had been
made for the same premises, which was with
drawn pending q suit in Court commanded by
the adverse claimant.
An application for patent will be rejected
when the survey does not accurately define the
boundaries OF the claim.
Where the claim was not located in accord.
ance with law.
Where several parties own separate and dis
tinct portions Of 9 claim. application for
Of the claim owned by him; but where so.eral
parties own undivided interests in . mining
claim all should join In an application for .
patent.
a person or ASSOCIATION may purchase hs
many placer locations ~ the local law admits,
and embrace them all In one application for o
patent.
Two or more lodes cannot be embraced In
one application for . patent except for placer
| claims embracing two or more lodes within
their boundaries
Papers sworn TO before any person purport-
Ing to act as q deputy for the Register and Re-
ceiver cannot be recorded 81 evidences.
In all patents for mining claims situated
l within the intAFi0r h0npAAriaa af n fnUn afta
. clause is inserted "excepting and excluding
all town property, rights upon the surface,
and all houses, buildings, structures. lots,
blocks, streets, alleys or other municipal I'm
provements not belonging to the grantee here
In, and all rights necessary or proper to the
occupation, possession and enjoyment Of the
same"
Publication Of notice must be made n only
one newspaper for the period Of 60 days.
Notice must be published 10 consecutive
weeks in weekly newspapers. and in daily
newspapers 60 days must elapse between the
frat and last insertions.
Where the Register designates the daily issue
Of o newspaper for publication of notices Of q
mining application for patent IL 10 not Q com
pliance with law 10 change to the weekly sdi-
tion OF the same paper without authority Of
the Register.
The existence OF @ salt spring on Q tract OF
land withdraws 1t from the operation Of the
homestead and presumption laws. A hearing
for the purpose OF proving the agriculture
character OF such land 10 not allowed. Lane
containing valuable deposits Of slate may be
entered under the mining Acts.
Adverse CLAIMS.
Adverse claimant must Ale Q separate snd
distinct claim against each application which
1t Is alleged conflicts with the premises owned
by such adverse claimant.
The papers in An adverse claim. once filed
cannot be Withdrawn. but becomes . part OF the
record.
WhAn nm alBnraa a1af,, 49,. 49,. al a. -
not be amended so a. to embrace q larger per
ton Of the premises than that described In the
original adverse claim.
An adverse claim must be made out in
proper form and hied In the proper local ofic
during the period of publication Of the april
cation for the patent TO be effective.
1t Is the duty Of the adverse claimant {
commence suit in proper form within the re
CURED time. and If he trusts the uncertain
medium OF the United States mail he must
abide the consequences, should the delay
ensue, through misfortune or accident. Should
the failure TO suit be the result OF
the cor tupto or dishonest action Of his attorney.
the Interior Department cannot redress the
wrong.
An adverse claimant should set forth in dc.
tail the facts upon which he bases his adverse
claim. A statement in general terms, embody-
ing conclusions Of law, without stating the
facts specially, Will not be considered In evi.
dence.
An adverse claimant should show . ompli.
ance with the local laws In recording his clsim
and in regard to expenditures. and shall nle 4
copy OF the original notice OF his location, and
show the nature or extent Of the conflict
alleged.
An allegation of parties to q suit that they
compose the ompsny 10 sufficient, and they
are not required to prove that they are the
original ~locstors or the identical parties who
present the adverse claim.
AGRICULTURAL OR MINERAL LANDS.
Where land is of little. If any value, for seri.
cultural purposes, but ia essential to the
proper development OF mining claims, 1t
should be disposed Of under the Mining Act.
Where lands containing valuable mineral
deposits have been included in an agricultural
entry, said entry will be cancelled at any time
prior to issuance of patent, upon satisfactory
evidence Of the existence Of such valuable de-
posits.
Where valuable deposits of mineral are dis.
covered upon . tract sitter the same ias been
entered az agricultural, but before ! stent has
been issued, the parties claiming the mine
may make application for patent for anne
and the agricultural entry will be cancelled 10
that portion OF the land embraced by said
mining claim.
Where mineral deposits are discovered on
agricultural lands sitter the patent has been
issued to an agricultural claimant. they pass
with the patent.
Agricultural College scrip cannot be
ceived In payment for claims.
ALIENS.
A foreigner may make q mining location
dispose OF 1t. provided he becomes q citizen
before disposing OF the mine. Proof that the
party was not q citizen before disposing Of his
claim must be afhrmAtively shown.
Locators and intermediate owners, other
than applicants. will not be presumed aliens,
In the absence Of allegation or objection prior
to issuance Of patent.
The portion Of Q mining claim sold 10 an
alien cannot be patented while suoh owner is
an alien; but on his declsrations o become a
citizen his right dates back to his purchase.
aud he may thereupon secure United states
patent for his claim.
CROSS LED0Es,
Revised Statutes. Section 2.s36:
Whore two or more lodges cross or intersect
eaon otner' priority OF title shall govern, and
such prior location shall be entitled 10 ali ore
or mineral Confined within the space Of inter.
section, but the subsequent location shall have
the right OF way through the space of inter.
section for the purpose Of the convenient
working Of the mine. And where two or pore
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